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Pottery: Unidentified Orvieto pottery (Probably)
Late Medieval maiolica jug, painted in manganese and green with a shield on the front.
Pale buff earthenware. The interior and lower part are lead-glazed yellowish-brown; the base is unglazed, and the rest is tin-glazed beige. Painted in dark manganese and green.
Shape 11. Globular body with disk base, tall cylindrical neck, carinated rim, pinched spout and loop handle of D-section.
The front is decorated with a shield with a green edge charged with a fess cotised sable.
History note: William Ridout; Christie's, 13 December 1938, The William Ridout collection of Italian majolica, European pottery, faience and delftware, part of lot 104; H.S. Reitlinger (d.1950); the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1991.
H.S. Reitlinger Bequest, 1950
Height: 17.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
13th Century
14th Century
Medieval
Circa
1275
CE
-
1375
CE
The restricted colour range, and the difficulty of knowing whether a fess or a fess cotised was intended, prevents a secure identification of the arms. A jug with a similar shield was excavated from butto B of the Palazzetto Faina in Orvieto.
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( dark manganese and copper-green)
Interior, Lower Part
composed of
lead-glaze
Exterior
composed of
tin-glaze
Body
Diameter 10.6 cm
Base
Diameter 8.0 cm
Handle To Spout
Width 13.0 cm
Inscription present: circular with blue border
Inscription present: brown tie-on
Accession number: C.48-1991
Primary reference Number: 47461
Packing number: EURCER 904
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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